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Midwest Modern Language Association

Organized 1959
Incorporated 1971

Founded in 1959 and based at the University of Iowa, the Midwest Modern Language Association is a non-profit organization of teachers and scholars of literature, language, and culture. A regional affiliate of the Modern Language Association, the M/MLA provides a forum for disseminating scholarship and improving teaching in the fields of literary and cultural criticism.

The members of the M/MLA hail from many different departments, including Comparative Literature, English, French, German, Italian, Linguistics, and Spanish.

The M/MLA's annual November meeting builds a sense of community among many specialized fields with over 200 sessions, some coalescing around an informal convention theme and others focusing on widely ranging topics that represent the varied interests of the association's fields.

Annual meetings also feature professionalizing workshops and a book exhibit that foregrounds the recent publications of its members.

The M/MLA's Journal publishes their work in two semi-annual issues. Each spring, the M/MLA invites submissions of 12-15 pages, working papers that draw upon at least 12-15 sources to make an incisive argument. Each fall, a special convention issue that includes essays of varying lengths brings the previous year's informal theme to fruition.

Officers for 2008 Executive Committee

President
Devoney Looser
University of Missouri-Columbia Thomas B. Byers
University of Louisville
(term ending Fall 2008)

Vice President
Jenifer S. Cushman
Juniata College Richard R. Glejzer
North Central College
(term ending Fall 2008)

Past President
David R. Shumway
Carnegie Mellon University Elizabeth Klaver
Southern Illinois University
(term ending Fall 2009)

Executive Director
Kathleen Diffley
University of Iowa Katherine H. Lee
Indiana State University
(term ending Fall 2009)

Timothy A. Spurgin
Lawrence University
(term ending Fall 2009)

Craig Dionne
East Michigan University
(term ending Fall 2010)

Peter Rawlings
University of the West of England, Bristol
(term ending Fall 2010)

Jefford Vahlbusch
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
(term ending Fall 2010)

Officers for 2008	Executive Committee
President Devoney Looser University of Missouri-Columbia	Thomas B. Byers University of Louisville (term ending Fall 2008)
Vice President Jenifer S. Cushman Juniata College	Richard R. Glejzer North Central College (term ending Fall 2008)
Past President David R. Shumway Carnegie Mellon University	Elizabeth Klaver Southern Illinois University (term ending Fall 2009)
Executive Director Kathleen Diffley University of Iowa	Katherine H. Lee Indiana State University (term ending Fall 2009)
	Timothy A. Spurgin Lawrence University (term ending Fall 2009)
	Craig Dionne East Michigan University (term ending Fall 2010)
	Peter Rawlings University of the West of England, Bristol (term ending Fall 2010)
	Jefford Vahlbusch University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (term ending Fall 2010)